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• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Microsoft to patch IE8 zero-day

  Microsoft is to issue a security update for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8,just a week after issuing a security advisory

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Eight hackers charged with $45m cyber fraud

  US federal authorities have charged eight hackers in connection with a $45m debit card fraud scheme

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Carl Icahn and Southeastern join forces in fight over Dell

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has teamed up with Dell investor Southeastern to try to stop founder Michael Dell buying the firm

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  Information assurance certification gives SMEs the edge

  IT consultancy Purple Frog Systems says the IASME information assurance standard for SMEs gives it a competitive edge

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  TfL revamps mobile solutions on the buses

  TfL has revamped its mobile solutions across the London bus network with O2 and Cognito

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  Solihull council saves time and money with BYOD

  At least one in five local authorities in the UK could allow staff to use their own devices at work, due to demand from employees

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  Syria back online after 19-hour blackout

  Syria is back online after a 19-hour blackout that disconnected it from internet communication with the rest of the world

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  UK universities get £7.5m cyber security research funding

  Oxford University and Royal Holloway, London University, will receive £7.5m government funding for cyber security research

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Spirit of snoopers’ charter lives on in Queen’s Speech

  The draft Communications Data Bill did not make the Queen’s Speech, but there was mention of proposals for investigating cyber crime

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Case study: TKAB adopts mobile for Swedish railways

  The winners of cloud innovation of the year in Computer Weekly’s European user awards for networking tell us how they have used the Appear IQ mobile platform to boost efficiency and its transport service

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  US is real hacking empire, says China

  China rejects the first official US accusations of cyber espionage and brands the US the “real hacking empire”, accusing it of sowing discord

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Adobe moves to cloud-based subscription model

  Adobe has announced that it is to introduce a cloud-based subscription model for popular applications, including Photoshop

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Syria hit by another apparent internet blackout

  Monitoring services have reported that internet access to Syria appears to have been cut off, and Google says traffic has dropped off

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Investors sue HP for $1bn over Autonomy deal

  HP investors have launched a class action lawsuit over the company’s botched acquisition of UK software firm Autonomy for $11.7bn in 2011

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Symantec helps NHS trust cut security costs by a quarter

  The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust cut security costs by 25% in its partnership with security supplier Symantec

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Microsoft issues security advisory on IE8 zero-day exploit

  Microsoft has published a security advisory about an exploit for zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  McAfee to acquire Stonesoft

  Intel’s security business McAfee has announced an agreement to acquire Finnish next-generation firewall firm Stonesoft in a $389m deal

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Windows 8 passes 100 million in sales

  Microsoft says Windows 8 OS has sold more than 100 million copies, roughly matching Windows 7 in the six months after launch

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  Netherlands considers hacking powers for police

  The Netherlands government considers legislation to give police powers to hack into computers, install spyware and read emails

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Knox approved by US military

  The US Department of Defense (DoD) has approved BlackBerry and Samsung mobile devices for use on its networks

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Training may be key to website security, study shows

  WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report says vulnerabilities declined in the past year, but most sites had at least one vulnerability

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Most UK firms lack data transfer visibility, study shows

  Four out of five UK organisations have little or no visibility of data movement, a study has revealed

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  What’s to be done about data breach discovery?

  The time from first contact by cyber attackers to the victim learning of it is still measured in months and years, not hours and days

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  LogRhythm and FireEye announce partnership

  LogRhythm's next-generation security information and event management technology is to be integrated with FireEye's malware protection system

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  NIST revises US federal cyber security standards

  The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has revised federal cyber security standards to address threats since 2005

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  Security Think Tank: Governance should determine strategy for BYOD

  With the growth of BYOD, what measures can IT take to ensure the security of enterprise data and does MDM really have a role?

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  Twitter urges news media to improve security

  Twitter is urging news organisations to improve security amid attacks by Syrian hackers targeting western media groups

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Most UK SMEs ill-equipped to deal with cyber threats, study finds

  A minority of UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are giving high priority to cyber threats, research has revealed

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  UK banks hit by password bypassing malware, says Trusteer

  Cyber criminals are stepping up their use of social engineering techniques to bypass increasingly security-aware users of online banking and e-commerce sites, says security firm Trusteer

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Hackers open malware backdoor in Apache webservers

  A new threat is targeting Apache webservers, which are among the most widely-used webservers in the world, according to security researchers

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  UK leads roll-out of Skype video in Outlook webmail

  Microsoft has announced that mail service Outlook.com will now support Skype voice and video calling and instant messaging

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Guardian hit in pro-Syrian cyber attacks

  Syrian hackers have launched cyber attacks on the Guardian and other western media groups, the newspaper reports

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  CIO interview: Christophe Lemaire, CIO Eurostar

  Eurostar CIO Christophe Lemaire oversaw the launch of the company’s new website, the cornerstone of Eurostar’s new IT architecture

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  McAfee warns of unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader

  An unpatched vulnerability in every version of Adobe Reader reveals where and when a PDF document is opened, says McAfee

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Case study: Omnicom improves security and cuts costs without disruption

  The Omnicom Media Group has cut costs and reduced risk without business disruption by deploying ForeScout’s CounterACT network access control system

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Business struggling with DDoS and other cyber threats, poll reveals

  Many organisations are struggling to keep pace with the changing face of security threats, a poll has revealed

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  ICO warns GP practice over hacked webmail account

  A GP practice is acting on a breach of the Data Protection Act linked to the surgery’s hacked webmail account

• April 26, 2013 26 Apr'13

  Government must work with business to avert cyber disaster, says Kaspersky

  Greater collaboration between government and private sector is needed to address the threat of cyber warfare, says Kaspersky

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cyber crime challenges law enforcement

  Cyber crime is forcing police and law enforcement agencies to re-think basic skills needed, according to experts at Infosecurity Europe 2013

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Lib Dems will block Snoopers’ Charter, says Nick Clegg

  The draft Communications Data Bill will not go ahead while the Lib Dems are in government, says deputy prime minister Nick Clegg

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  (ISC)2 and the CSA announce certification for cloud security

  Information security professional body (ISC)2 and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new professional certification for information security

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Twitter tests two-factor authentication

  Twitter tests a two-factor authentication system internally, aimed at making it more difficult for hackers to take over users’ accounts

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Getronics helps Gatwick move IT in house

  Gatwick Airport has signed a services deal with Getronics as part of a transformation, which includes moving significant IT in-house

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cyber threats unlikely to disappear, says security researcher

  The past decade was the best for cyber defences but cyber security will still be a concern in another ten years, says F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Sophos updates free Android security app

  Google’s Android mobile operating system is an increasingly popular target for malware and SMS phishing, says security company Sophos

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: ICO expects clarity on EU data rules only in 2014

  The ICO expects a clear picture of the coming European data protection framework in early 2014, says deputy commissioner David Smith

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Global enforcement of law in cyberspace years away, says BCS

  Governments and international law enforcement have much to do to catch up with the criminals who have adapted to the online world, claims a report by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Every business in the cyber war frontline, says Kaspersky

  Every business is on the frontline of the fight against cyber threats, says Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive of security firm Kaspersky Lab

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cost of cyber breaches rises three-fold, research shows

  The cost of cyber breaches rose three-fold in the past year, says the government's latest annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Cyber threats, challenge and opportunity for UK, says minister

  Cyber threats are a challenge to UK businesses, but they also present exciting opportunities, says Cabinet Office minister, Chloe Smith

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Research shows value in crowd-sourced threat intelligence

  Businesses can reduce risk by sharing information on attacks targeting multiple sources, research reveals

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Every business a target of cyber attack, Verizon breach report shows

  Every business is a target of some kind of threat, the most comprehensive Verizon data breach report to date has shown

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: University research challenges reliability of IPS

  Research shows intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are not as effective at detecting malicious activity as some might think

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Tech firms among top cyber targets, report shows

  Technology organisations are among the most frequent targets of cyber attacks, according to a report from security firm FireEye

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Industry needs to address security poverty line, says analyst

  A lack of security expertise is one of the biggest and broadest problems in information security, says Wendy Nather, enterprise security research director at 451 Research

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Security spend misaligned with threats, says security veteran

  Security budget allocations have remained the same for the past 15 years, but threats have changed, says Shlomo Kramer, chief executive at security firm Imperva

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  CIO interview: Mike Croucher, head of IT architecture and delivery, British Airways

  After changes in IT leadership two years ago, the IT strategy at BA is focusing on infrastructure modernisation and smarter use of customer data

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Embedding security: Simply does it, says Channel 4 CISO

  The best way to demonstrate the value of information security to board members is simply and concisely, says Brian Brackenborough, CISO at Channel 4

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Business skills key to CISO’s survival

  Business skills are key components of any CISO says Paul Swarbrick, CISO at aeronautical information service, NATS

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  US jails LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger

  The US has jailed a member of hacktivist group LulzSec for a year for his role in breaching computer systems at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2011

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Conficker makes way for web-based attacks, says Microsoft

  Web attacks emerge as top threat as businesses finally begin to win the battle against Conficker and other worms, says Microsoft

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Democrats support Cispa cyber bill despite White House veto threat

  US House of Representatives has passed the Cispa cyber bill aimed at helping companies and government share information on cyber threats

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Mobile ads boost Google’s Q1 results

  Online revenues have helped boost Google's net profit to $3.35bn in the first three months of the year, up 16% from the same period in 2012

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Microsoft reports strong quarterly results for all divisions

  Microsoft reported profit of $6bn for the past quarter, up 17% from a year ago, despite a mixed response to Windows 8 and a decline in PC sales

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  Communication key to risk management in security, says CISO

  Challenges to security risk management are largely due to incorrect perceptions by the business, says News International CISO Amar Singh

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  US team claim revolutionary battery breakthrough

  US researchers claim they have made a technological breakthrough to shrink the size of batteries by 10 times yet still offering the same power

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  White House still unhappy with cyber security bill

  The White House has threatened to veto a controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa)

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  New approach blocks all zero-day malware, says Trusteer

  Stateful application control blocks 100% of previously unknown malware, closing the security gap left by traditional AV software, says Trusteer

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  Oracle releases mega security patch for Java

  Oracle releases major security update for the version of Java that runs inside web browsers in an attempt to halt ongoing hacker attacks

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  UK government website wins global design award

  The UK government's website, Gov.uk, has beaten off competition from the Shard, the Olympic cauldron and a folding wheel for a wheelchair to win the global 2013 Design of the Year award

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  UK firms need to work harder at trust online, survey shows

  UK firms need to work harder to address a serious lack of trust by customers who shop and bank online, a survey has revealed

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Mobile malware up 163% in 2012, says NQ Mobile

  Mobile malware threats increased 163% to more than 65,000 in 2012, according to the latest security report from NQ Mobile

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Enterprise security moving to the cloud, says Gartner

  By 2015, 10% of IT security enterprise product capabilities will be delivered in the cloud, according to a report by research company Gartner

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  US and China co-operate on cyber security

  The US and China are to set up a working group on cyber security to co-ordinate joint efforts in safeguarding cyberspace

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Anonymous hacks North Korean websites for a second time

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have again hacked several prominent North Korean websites

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Google reaches deal with EU competition authorities

  Google has reportedly reached a deal with European Union (EU) competition authorities over concerns about its business practices

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  mRAT spyware bypasses mobile enterprise controls, research shows

  Mobile remote access Trojan (mRAT) infections are bypassing mobile enterprise security controls, putting businesses at risk of cyber espionage

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Planes vulnerable to smartphone-based hack attack, says researcher

  Aircraft can be hijacked or even crashed by a smartphone app, a security researcher has claimed

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns

  Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Largest Bitcoin exchange reports heavy DDoS attack

  The world’s largest exchange of the digital Bitcoin currency is back online after reporting a “stronger than usual DDoS” attack

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Bots and web apps among top threats to data security, says Check Point

  Bots, viruses, breaches and attacks are a constant and real threat to the information security of organisations

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Porn websites pose malware risk, says researcher

  Browsing popular pornography internet sites pose a growing risk of malware infection, according to a security researcher

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  HP chief defends public attack on Autonomy management

  HP CEO Meg Whitman has defended her company’s attack on the former management of Autonomy, which it acquired in 2011 for $11.7bn

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  South Korea accuses North Korea of launching cyber attacks

  South Korea blames North Korea for the cyber attacks that shut down thousands of computers at broadcasters and banks two weeks ago

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Case study: Playtech bolsters code security with Checkmarx

  Online gaming software supplier Playtech implements automated code review system from Checkmarx to optimise secure development lifecycle

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  UK companies unable to stop employees stealing data, study shows

  Businesses are placing too much trust in their employees when it comes to safeguarding company data, a study from LogRhythm has revealed

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Google rolls out super-fast broadband to Austin, Texas

  After weeks of media speculation, Google has confirmed that it will be extending its super-fast fibre broadband service to Austin, Texas.

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Three UK LulzSec members plead guilty to hacking charges

  Three UK members of LulzSec have pleaded guilty to attempting to break into computers run by the NHS, Sony and News International

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Check Point CEO Gil Shwed unveils 2013 plans

  Check Point will focus on mobile data, simplifying security management, protecting branch offices and collaborative attack intelligence in 2013

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  O2 customers to get London Underground Wi-Fi

  O2 has joined EE and Vodafone in leasing Virgin Media’s Wi-Fi deployment on London’s Tube network

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Security updates likely to keep admins busy in April

  Security updates from Microsoft, Oracle and PostGreSQL are likely to keep security administrators busy this month

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Windows XP will expose businesses to cyber risk from April 2014

  Businesses that fail to update their OS from Windows XP are putting themselves at increased risk of cyber attack

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Israel claims Anonymous cyber attacks caused minimal impact

  Hacker collective Anonymous launched cyber attacks on Israeli websites in a pro-Palestinian campaign, but officials say the damage was minimal

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Anonymous threatens cyber attack on Israel

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist have threatened cyber strikes on Israel within days of issuing a similar threat against North Korea

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  UK calls for opt-out of online right to be forgotten

  The UK wants to opt out of the right to be forgotten, enshrined in proposed data privacy regulations for the European Union

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Hack attacks hit value of Bitcoins

  Online services and exchanges dealing in the Bitcoins have been hit by hack attacks that led to a drop in the value of the digital currency

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Anonymous claims first strikes against North Korea

  Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have launched the first strikes against North Korea as part of its Operation Free Korea

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Malware hits businesses 20 to 60 times an hour, say researchers

  Advanced cyber attacks hit businesses 20 times an hour on average, say researchers at security firm FireEye

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Researchers discover new Android Trojan

  Cyber threat researchers have discovered a new Android Trojan called Stels which is designed to steal text messages

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Fraudsters widen card-skimming operations in Europe

  Criminals using card-skimming devices are targeting not just bank ATMs but transport and parking ticket machines as well, a report has revealed